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Great Dane (black) Index Main page and Index of Breeds |
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not of enough value to mail a letter any more, so to remedy the situation, the local Post
Offices have taken blocks of five "old" printed stamps and overprinted them with
a new image and a new value. The Great Dane stamp shown above on the right
is one of these "Russian Overprints" from Sakhalin. These stamps come in a
set of five different colored stamps all with the same overprint. Last time that I got in
some overprints, I assumed that they would remain available. I was wrong and I never
saw more copies of those. I expect these to be equally as rare and collectable. There
is no telling how many of the overprints they produced (not many), since they were never
designed to be sold on the world market. They are of value only for a short while until
the actual stamps can be printed. On the left is the stamp that was ultimately issued
with the Great Dane image from the overprint, put out by Kalmykia.
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Grenada is described as a spice island, since it produces large quantities of cloves and
mace and about a third of the world’s nutmeg. It also grows cacao, sugar,
bananas and a wide variety of other fruit and vegetables. Some of its beaches,
specially Grand Anse, a dazzling two-mile stretch of white sand, are very fine,
but the rest of the island is just as beautiful, rising from a generally rugged
coast to a spectacular mountainous interior. The island is green, well forested
and cultivated and is blessed with plenty of rain in the wet season. Grenada is
the most southerly of the Windward Islands. In contrast to other Windward Islands
which have had a similar history of disputed ownership between the French and
English, the French cultural influence in Grenada has completely died out. The
population is very young; 38% are under 15 years old and nearly 26% are in
the 15-29 years’ age bracket. Grenada has two dependencies in the
Grenadines chain, Carriacou
and Petit (often spelt Petite) Martinique.
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Most people know Yakutia from the game of Risk
along with Kamchatka and Irikutz. Actually,
Yakutia is the largest region in Siberia,
known as Sasha-Yakutia. This is probably
one of the most amazing mini stamps produced.
There are forty breeds representated and
they have managed to run a perforation line
through nearly every one. Those that were
missed by the holes are covered by a post
mark! My, what an accomplishment. The Great Dane
is shown enlarged to the left.